Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1879)

Arthur Digby Smith (16 November 1879 – 28 October 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

For the Footscray and North Melbourne footballer, see Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1908).

Arthur Smith
Personal information
Full name Arthur Digby Smith
Date of birth (1879-11-16)16 November 1879
Place of birth Bairnsdale, Victoria
Date of death 28 October 1963(1963-10-28) (aged 83)
Place of death Caulfield, Victoria
Original team(s) Bairnsdale
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1901 South Melbourne 9 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1901.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of John Digby Smith (1829-1916),[2] and Ann Eliza Smith (-1915), née Gibson,[3] Arthur Digby Smith was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria on 16 November 1879.

He married Katherine Hooper (1892-1929) on 29 October 1914.[4][5]

Football

He played his first senior game for South Melbourne against St Kilda on 4 May 1901.[6]

Death

He died at a private hospital in Caulfield, Victoria on 28 October 1963.[7]

Footnotes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.825.
  2. Death: Smith, The Gippsland Mercury, (Friday, 12 May 1916), p.2.
  3. Death: Smith, The Bairnsdale Advertiser, (Saturday, 13 March 1915), p.2.
  4. Marriages: Smith—Hooper, The Argus, (Saturday, 19 December 1914), p.11.
  5. Deaths: Smith, The Argus, (Saturday, 5 October 1929), p.13.
  6. A Good Hard Game, The Argus, (monday, 6 May 1901), p.11.
  7. "Deaths: Smith". The Age. Melbourne, Victoria. 29 October 1963. p. 17.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.


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